DTD Monthly £300 - Day 1

[NoflopsHomer]

James Atkin is out, A-4 vs A-5 on an A-3-5 board when short. "I donk out of these so quick..."

Sam Trickett and Richard Berridge are also gone.

[Djinn]

Trick-outt

It did not go according to plan tonight for young Sam.  Just now a reasonably-sized pot went to Anthony Nicholls, who bet 1,500 on the turn with the board reading .  Sam called immediately, and then faced another bet on the bricky river.  Trickett literally kissed his 2k goodbye, threw it in, and mucked when Nicholls showed .

Anthony Nicholls - 30k - Don't Mess with Him

[NoflopsHomer]

Trick-outt

It did not go according to plan tonight for young Sam.  Just now a reasonably-sized pot went to Anthony Nicholls, who bet 1,500 on the turn with the board reading .  Sam called immediately, and then faced another bet on the bricky river.  Trickett literally kissed his 2k goodbye, threw it in, and mucked when Nicholls showed .

Anthony Nicholls - 30k - Don't Mess with Him

Sam mentioned that Nicholls had managed to outdraw him in several big pots which had cost him. "When I saw my table draw I really thought I could get a big stack."

Thomas Middleton has also been busted, failing to capitalise on his earlier good fortune.

[Splash]

Noticed wife is watchin... sorry I didn't phone at half 9 dear... left my phone on the hall table..  

Running like a dog but hangin in there.

[Djinn]

He Shal Not Be Moved

Ralph 'Karabiner' Shalson just got out of jail on the river, avoiding doubling through Kevin Pearce in the process.  Blind on blind, Karabiner raised with the and got a reasonable looking flop: .  Small blind Pearce bet out 1,200, Shalson made it 3,200, Pearce was all in for just under 12k, and called.  He'd only flopped the nuts with , but the popped out on the river to chop the pot leaving him still on 12k, Ralph still on 28k.

Here are both of them, sorry only half of Kevin Pearce:



I was going to do a "Whose Manbag?" competition, but I've now used my photo of him and might as well post it, could possibly do a kind of Family Fortunes Quiz of what's in it...: 

[NoflopsHomer]

Thomas Middleton's exit was down to two hands really. A-A vs 5-4 on a 9-4-4-x-x board. Then K-K vs 8-7 on a 9-7-5-7-5 board. About the latter he said, "I should've folded on the river, he isn't bluffing."

[NoflopsHomer]

Dave "Riverdave" Penly with a look that says, "I've played 3 tournaments in the last 24 hours."

Which he has. (Budapest, Birmingham and here).

[Micko]

Is Mr Penly a badbeat player now?

[Djinn]

Chip counts at the end of the first break:

Anthony Nicholls   25   7   34400
Ralph Shalson   11   8   27525
Tony Salmon   36   3   26875
Nicholas Marshall   35   4   26025
Stephen Thomson   12   5   24225
Peter Linton   22   6   23900
Jeff Sharpe   33   3   23750
Kevin Smith   33   5   22475
Harprit Singh Gurnam   23   3   21975
Matt Russell   23   8   21675
Nicholas Fellone   35   7   20675
Keith Littlewood   36   5   20075
Sam Savile-barton   15   4   19525
Mark Stafford   25   3   18775
Thomas Gibson   25   9   17750
David Nisbet   34   6   16375
Daniel Platten   14   8   16225
Alan Wilson   22   8   16125
Peter Singleton   34   1   15925
Christopher Bushell   23   1   15875
Robert Bostock   34   9   15750
John Burke   25   1   15725
David Smith   12   1   15625
Garinder Purewal   34   8   15450
Mark Lewis   25   2   14975
Andrew Murphy   12   6   14900
Kyriacos Dionysiou   14   6   14900
Richard Rudling-smith   22   5   14850
Shaun Williams   33   2   14575
Richard Trigg   11   1   14450
Adrian Swingler   36   8   14350
Shane Fyffe   36   6   13675
Narciso Baldo   14   4   13525
Tom Rutter   36   2   13500
Waheed Ashraf   15   2   13325
Tasos Grigoriou   22   4   12825
Geoffrey Hill   35   3   12400
Paul Rayner   12   8   12300
Thomas Jones   23   6   11825
Carl Hoefkens   35   1   11250
Kevin Pearce   11   7   11225
Michael Millar   35   2   11225
Robert Ballou   22   1   11200
Neil Blatchly   12   2   11150
Neil Giblin   14   3   10700
Christopher Bruce   14   2   10525
Antonio Dicesare   34   7   10400
Carl Walker   15   8   10250
Steve Critchley   35   6   10075
Greg Hill   11   2   9975
Ashique Miah   36   1   9750
Te Ng Cao   15   7   9750
Andrew Booth   23   7   9700
Mazhar Latif   23   2   9625
Peter Conduit   15   3   9100
Paul Garnham   34   3   9025
Alan Stokes   15   6   8400
Henry Griffiths   34   2   8150
Stephen Jakes   12   3   7875
Marios Charalambous   11   5   7800
Dylan Herbert   11   6   7775
Ibrahim Ullah   12   4   7540
James Morris   25   6   7500
Peter Wilkerson   11   4   7275
David Louden   22   2   6975
Gurpreet Nagi   11   3   6800
Danny Toffel   22   3   6775
Richard Fuller   14   1   6750
Ricky Smith   23   5   6625
David Jones   35   9   6525
Lee Nayler   25   4   6125
John Sadler   14   5   6075
Nick Carter   22   7   5950
Mark Gogerty   15   5   5475
Gerald Mcinally   36   4   5300
Jef Copeland   35   5   4725
James Buckley   15   1   4350
David Statham   34   5   4125
Richard Hare   12   9   3600
Simon Lee   25   8   3150
Rupinder Bedi   12   7   2650
Daniel Ward   23   4   2250
Abdul Qadoos   11   9   370

[NoflopsHomer]

C Thomas Howell in Red Dawn.



Tom Rutter. (Wolverines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

[Djinn]

Of course even though the 100/200 level is still in its infancy, those counts are no longer correct entirely.  Sam Savile-Barton now has just under 30,000 after I saw a large pot being shipped to him and someone's back as they headed for the exit.  SSB's hand was definitely the , of that I am certain, and I am also certain that the river brought him a heart flush.  I am about 50% that he'd hit a pair on the flop too - but either way, some gambling before the river was definitely involved, and it paid off handsomely.

[Colchester Kev]

Please pass on this message to Karabiner "C'mon Ralph, Stoke it up a bit"

[Malc-M]

And a message please to Greeki Jack!
Tell him he's a fish and not to play JJ ever again!!!
Malc M

[Djinn]

Marshall Whips Linton in Line

A 10,000 chip pot just went from one comfortable yet active stack (Pete Linton's) to another (Nicholas Marshall's), after a very convincing dwell-laydown combo.

The board: ...
The dwell was already occurring when I noticed the size of the pot, as Marshall had either bet out, or, as I think is more likely, check-raised Pete 8,000.  The hood came down, the hood went up, head in hands, hands through hair - the whole dwell system before eventually Linton gave up the pot.  Immediately what can only be described as a chortle from an unrepentant Marshall.

"7-2 is goood!" he rubs it in.  They both grin (neither is on the felt).  "What could you call with on the flop that you can't call with there?..." he muses getting the expected eye-roll from his vanquished - but in-position - opponent.  "You didn't pass A-10 did you?" he concludes, before they continue giggling like schoolboys and I expect them to start passing notes any time soon.

[NoflopsHomer]

Double up for Chip Rich to about 8k with his A-K holding vs Stephen Thomson's A-Q on a 8-2-2-J-K board.

Not going so good are GBT winner Rupinder Bedi and GUKPT finalist Paul McIntyre, both are out.